Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (centre) at the US - ASEAN Special Summit in Washington D.C. on May 13 (Photo: VNA) It wrote that PM Pham Minh Chinh has undertaken a successfuland landmark visit to the US eyeing to push partnership, including ASEAN - US tiesthat will play a big role in peace and stability in Southeast Asia.
Thevisit shows that Vietnam has a key role in shaping ASEAN - US ties.Simultaneously, India - Vietnam partnership also helps strengthen India’srole in ASEAN and therefore reaffirms Vietnam’s role as a multilateral player,according to the writing.
Itnoted Vietnam has been seen as one of the promising economies in Southeast Asiawith GDP growth rate expected to be anywhere between 6 and 8 percent.
Italso highlighted PM Chinh’s remarks about the ASEAN centrality and Vietnam’sapproach on the East Sea issue, adding he expressed his hope that major powerspartnering with ASEAN will work towards stable relations and responsible,healthy competition for the sake of regional and global peace and security.
Vietnamreaffirmed ASEAN’s principled stance on the East Sea issue and stressed thesettlement of disputesthrough peaceful means via dialogue based on respect for international law,especially the 1982 UN Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Thecommentary cited PM Chinh as saying that Vietnam stands for the effective and fullobservance of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC)and is working towards making a code of conduct of parties in the waters (COC)that is concrete, effectual, and in line with international law, including the 1982UNCLOS.
Regardingthe Vietnam - US relations, it said the PM’s visit has further opened prospectsof bilateral ties. Vietnam perseveres with its foreign policy line ofindependence, peace, friendship, cooperation, and development. It seeks todiversify and multilateralise relations. It is a responsible member of theinternational community.
Vietnam,like other developing countries, wants to build an independent, self-relianteconomic foundation, step up industrialisation and international integration toovercome the middle-income trap to become a developed nation, the article added./.
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